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Monday, April 13, 2015

Jonah - without conclusion

We don't know if Jonah ever repented, ever turned into the compassion he was clearly aware of in his God.

The formative words are burning with anger and again great. And I see a technical surprise, a first time notification. I wonder if I properly implemented this in a trigger some years ago - I will have to go and find out.

וַיֵּ֥רַע
אֶל־יוֹנָ֖ה רָעָ֣ה גְדוֹלָ֑הוַיִּ֖חַר לֽוֹ

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And this was evil for Jonah, great evil,
and he was burning with his anger.

And he prayed to Yahweh and said, I beseech you Yahweh,
was this not my word
even in my own humanity about what would happen, therefore I stalled and ran
away to Tarshish.
For I know that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and
of abundant kindness, and who sighs over evil.